Marc Faber: US National Debt 600% of GDP

A brief bio graphy about Faber:Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studiedEconomics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude.
Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong.
Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business,Ã‚Â MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.
Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter “The Gloom Boom & Doom Report” report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including Ã¢â‚¬Å“ TOMORROW’S GOLD Ã¢â‚¬” Asia’s Age of DiscoveryÃ¢â‚¬Â which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. Ã¢â‚¬Å“ TOMORROW’S GOLD Ã¢â‚¬Â was for several weeks on Amazon’s best seller list and is being translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world.
Dr.Ã‚Â Marc Faber also known asÃ‚Â Dr Doom is an investment adviser, investment analyst and fund manager author and publisher of theÃ‚Â Gloom Boom & Doom Report ,and the author of “Tomorrows Gold” .Ã‚Â Dr FaberÃ‚Â is known for hisÃ‚Â contrarian investment approach.Ã‚Â Dr Marc FaberÃ‚Â is associated with a variety of funds and is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies.
In 1987 he warned his clients to cash out before Black Monday on Wall Street. He made them handsome profits by forecasting the burst in the Japanese Bubble in 1990. He correctly predicted the collapse in US gaming stocks in 1993; and he foresaw the Asia-Pacific financial crisis of 1997/98 and the resulting global volatility. Dr Doom motto is “Follow the course opposite to custom and you will almost be right”
Mr. Faber is also the author of several books, including TomorrowÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Gold Ã¢â‚¬” AsiaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Age of Discovery, and is a director of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. , a mining firm focused on the Asia Pacific region. He is also an adviser to a number of private investment funds.Posted in Global